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A Supreme Court Pioneer, Now Making Her Mark on Video Games
- x1798DE 11y agoSandra Day O'Connor
- wyldfire 11y ago> The group has since released 19 free online games, along with accompanying lesson plans, with the idea of making civics education less about rote learning and more about giving middle school students an animated glimpse into how different branches of government and the Constitution work. What a great idea!
- douche 11y agoReminds me a little bit of Hidden Agenda[1], the banana-republic simulator game from back in the day. Not a terrible insight into how the State Department worked [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Agenda_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Agenda_(video_game)
- jugonzalez 11y agoTropico! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropico
- ekianjo 11y agoDo they teach kids as well how the government bypasses institutions with FISA and the like?
- kelukelugames 11y ago>Compete Civilly Haha, how quaint.
- danso 11y agoStrange to hear of famous octogenarian former politicians behind noticeable video games lately...A few months ago, it was Donald Rumsfeld and his card game: http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/rumsfelds-game http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/rumsfelds-game
- elevenfist 11y agoHaving actually played this game, it is somewhat basic, and most importantly, SINGLE PLAYER. You're not debating anyone else. Essentially think of it like an RPG/strategy game, you create your political candidate by picking a party (class) and issues to debate (skills). Then turn based style you pick states to operate in, hold a rally, (direct attack), run a campaign ad, (ranged attack) poll, and raise funding(basically turn-based combat, attack, analyze opponent for weaknesses, heal). It's interesting, I would've enjoyed playing it a little when I was younger and didn't know anything about how campaigns are run.